Adverse interactions

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1. Health Service Executive: Paracetamol dosing for adult patients under 50kg and those with additional risk factors for hepatotoxicity (11 May 2026)

   • Medication
   • Ireland

   By Mark Hughes, 12 May

   • 0 comments
   • 494 views
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   • 12 May

2. Medication adverse reactions and patient safety

   • Medication
   • Side effects
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Side effects
     • Adverse reaction
     • Top picks
     • Patient harmed
     • Reporting
     • Regulatory issue

   By Patient Safety Learning, 6 November, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 1,225 views
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   • 6 November, 2025

3. Antidepressant Risks

   • Medication
   • Adverse reaction
   • (and 5 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Adverse reaction
     • Mental health
     • Self harm/ suicide
     • Depression
     • Prescribing
     • Patient harmed

   By Patient Safety Learning, 30 September, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 220 views
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   • 30 September, 2025

4. MHRA: Reporting a possible side effect to a medicine – a guide for Children and Young People

   • Medication
   • Reporting
   • (and 4 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Reporting
     • Adverse reaction
     • Children and Young People
     • Information sharing
     • WPSD25

   By Patient Safety Learning, 17 September, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 849 views
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   • 17 September, 2025

5. Recognising adverse events and using the yellow card system

   • Medication - related
   • Leadership
   • (and 8 more)

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     • Medication - related
     • Leadership
     • Just Culture
     • Safety culture
     • Adminstering medication
     • Prescribing
     • Monitoring
     • Pharmacist
     • Mental health unit
     • Tests / investigations

   By Rajesh Jethwa, 21 August, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 960 views
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   • Added by Rajesh Jethwa
   • 21 August, 2025

6. The legacy of diethylstilbestrol (DES): A systemic failure and the fight for justice (14 July 2025)

   • Medication
   • Patient harmed
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Patient harmed
     • Legal issue
     • Pregnancy
     • Investigation

   By Patient Safety Learning, 18 July, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 12,274 views
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   • 18 July, 2025

7. Incidence and nature of antidepressant discontinuation symptoms: A systematic review and meta-analysis (9 July 2025)

   • Medication
   • Depression
   • (and 3 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Depression
     • Mental health
     • Adverse reaction
     • Research

   By Patient Safety Learning, 10 July, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 2,489 views
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   • 10 July, 2025

8. Yellow Card reporting in East London NHS Foundation Trust (13 June 2025)

   • Medication
   • Adverse reaction
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Adverse reaction
     • Medical device
     • Reporting

   By Patient Safety Learning, 16 June, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 297 views
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   • Added by Patient Safety Learning
   • 16 June, 2025

9. Improving adverse drug event reporting by healthcare professionals (29 October 2024)

   • Medication
   • Reporting
   • (and 2 more)

     Tagged with:

     • Medication
     • Reporting
     • Research
     • Systematic review

   By Patient-Safety-Learning, 13 February, 2025

   • 0 comments
   • 428 views
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   • 13 February, 2025

10. Valproate use in men: as a precaution, men and their partners should use effective contraception (MHRA, 5 September 2024)

    • Medication
    • Pregnancy
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Pregnancy
      • Mens health
      • Womens health
      • Prescribing
      • Adverse reaction

    By Patient Safety Learning, 5 September, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 603 views
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    • 5 September, 2024

11. Prevalence of problematic pharmaceutical opioid use in patients with chronic non-cancer pain: A systematic review and meta-analysis (7 August 2024)

    • Medication
    • Pain
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Pain
      • Substance / Drug abuse
      • Systematic review
      • Side effects

    By Patient Safety Learning, 8 August, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 847 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 8 August, 2024

12. Valproate: new safety and educational materials to support regulatory measures in men and women under 55 years of age (MHRA, 22 January 2024)

    • Medication
    • Prescribing
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Prescribing
      • Pregnancy
      • Womens health
      • Mens health
      • Epilepsy
      • Regulatory issue

    By Patient Safety Learning, 23 January, 2024

    • 0 comments
    • 2,029 views
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    • 23 January, 2024

13. Valproate: re-analysis of study on risks in children of men taking valproate (MHRA, 30 August 2023)

    • Medication
    • Mens health
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Mens health
      • Baby
      • Research

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 October, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 535 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 19 October, 2023

14. Questions in the House of Commons on the Yellow Card Scheme (5 June 2023)

    • Medication
    • Medical device / equipment
    • (and 6 more)

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      • Medication
      • Medical device / equipment
      • Devices
      • Patient portal
      • Patient involvement
      • Monitoring
      • Patient harmed
      • Regulatory issue

    By Mark Hughes, 6 June, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 1,271 views
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    • Added by Mark Hughes
    • 6 June, 2023

15. NHS England: Valproate decision support tools comms toolkit (May 2023)

    • Medication
    • Epilepsy
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Epilepsy
      • Pregnancy
      • Decision making
      • Information sharing
      • Patient
      • Doctor

    By Patient Safety Learning, 19 May, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 885 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 19 May, 2023

16. Adverse drug reactions and associated patient characteristics in older community-dwelling adults: a 6-year prospective cohort study (23 January 2023)

    • Medication
    • Older People (over 65)
    • (and 3 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Older People (over 65)
      • General Practice
      • Research
      • Prescribing

    By Patient Safety Learning, 24 January, 2023

    • 0 comments
    • 990 views
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    • 24 January, 2023

17. Implementation of improvements based on the analysis of severe adverse events in pediatric patients (1 June 2022)

    • Medication
    • Adminstering medication
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Adminstering medication
      • Paediatrics
      • Root cause anaylsis
      • Human factors
      • Safety culture

    By Patient Safety Learning, 21 August, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 812 views
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    • 21 August, 2022

18. ADRe – The Adverse Drug Reaction Profile tool (Swansea University)

    • Medication
    • Medication - related
    • (and 7 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Medication - related
      • Monitoring
      • Reporting
      • Patient harmed
      • Patient engagement
      • Collaboration
      • Checklists
      • Adminstering medication

    By Patient Safety Learning, 11 April, 2022

    • 0 comments
    • 2,069 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 11 April, 2022

19. Uppsala Monitoring Centre: VigiBase

    • Medication
    • Adminstering medication
    • (and 2 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medication
      • Adminstering medication
      • Patient safety incident
      • Database

    By Patient Safety Learning, 13 April, 2021

    • 0 comments
    • 3,007 views
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    • Added by Patient Safety Learning
    • 13 April, 2021

20. MHRA: The Yellow Card Scheme

    • Medical device / equipment
    • Devices
    • (and 5 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Medical device / equipment
      • Devices
      • Medication
      • Patient portal
      • Patient involvement
      • Risk management
      • Monitoring

    By Claire Cox, 25 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 2,837 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 25 September, 2019

21. Adverse Drug Reaction Canada: What are adverse drug reactions and how can they be prevented?

    • Patient
    • Medication
    • (and 4 more)

      Tagged with:

      • Patient
      • Medication
      • Patient harmed
      • Safety assessment
      • Medication - related
      • Genomics

    By Claire Cox, 17 September, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,648 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 17 September, 2019

22. NICE's Drug allergy overview (January 2019)

    • Medicine - Allergy
    • Medication

    By Claire Cox, 26 July, 2019

    • 0 comments
    • 1,229 views
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    • Added by Claire Cox
    • 26 July, 2019